The Three-Fifths Censured That

question 93

Multiple Choice

The Three-Fifths Censured that

• A)a three-fifths vote of Congress was required to propose a Constitutional Amendment.
• B)a three-fifths vote in the Electoral College was required to be elected president.
• C)three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for the purposes of representation.
• D)three-fifths of the justices on the Supreme Court must vote for a judicial decision.

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